Holiday-makers booked on Ryanair flights from East Midlands Airport to Ibiza are being warned they will not be able to take duty-free booze on board.

The low-cost airline has banned duty-free alcohol on all routes from the UK to the so-called ‘party island’ to improve the ‘comfort and safety’ of passengers and crew.

The airline confirmed any alcohol purchased after security checks would now have to be placed in hold luggage or disposed of at the departure gate.

Previously it had banned alcohol on flights to Ibiza from Scotland following filmed footage of a ‘rave’ on a flight.

The airline sent emails detailing the ban to passengers, saying bags would now be searched at departure gates.

The email states: “Any alcohol purchased in airport shops or elsewhere must be packed carefully in a suitable item of cabin baggage, which will be tagged at the gate and then placed in the aircraft hold free of charge.

“If the alcohol is unsuitable for placing in the hold (eg a plastic bag) then customers will be required to dispose of the alcohol in the bins provided.

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“Boarding gates will be carefully monitored and customers showing any signs of anti-social behaviour or attempting to conceal alcohol will be denied travel without refund or compensation.”

The ban comes amid a surge in booze-fuelled antisocial behaviour on flights, with the Civil Aviation Authority reporting a 43% rise in incidents in the last year.

Only recently it was reported the supermodel Kate Moss had to be escorted off an Easyjet flight from Ibiza by police after allegedly swearing at the pilot and drinking vodka from her cabin bag, despite being told not too, while footage of an impromptu ‘rave’ by some passengers on a Jet2 flight from Glasgow to Ibiza went viral on Facebook.